When I felt the end drawing close, I avoided it for days, taking on one sidequest after another.
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It was just about the only PC game I played during that time. Wes Fenlon: It’s hard for me to convey how utterly and completely I was absorbed in the world and story of The Witcher 3. I’ve never been absorbed so utterly by a world, or for so long. From the snowy islands of Skellige to the grand city of Novigrad, The Witcher’s world is just as vividly realised as its characters, and exploring on horseback, helping people and taking on mercenary work, makes you feel like almost like a wandering samurai. It has everything that makes it great: fantastic voice acting, gruesome monsters, and tough moral decisions.
It was ‘Family Matters’, the tale of the troubled Bloody Baron and his missing wife and daughter, that really made me love the game. The writing, characters, locations, and rich lore of the world combine to create some really compelling side-quests.
In terms of quests, The Witcher 3 is one of the best RPGs I’ve played. The Witcher 3 is one of the best RPGs I’ve played.Īndy Kelly: I tried and failed to get into the first two Witcher games, but this is the one that finally clicked. Love and care is writ large over every aspect of The Witcher 3, from the frequent post-launch updates to the way the sun melts over the plains of Velen. How did a once tiny, still independent Polish studio pull this off? With love, obviously. It’s a game too of course, with one of the most rugged, despairingly bleak yet oddly beautiful worlds I’ve ever explored, and more adventures than I could ever hope to embark on.
Sitting down to an evening of The Witcher 3 feels like diving into a meticulously written fantasy novel, and it still astonishes me that it’s far more than a great story. Many other RPGs hit that sweet spot for players more patient than I, but it’s my belief that CD Projekt RED hits it better than anyone else-by a long margin. When Geralt faced a difficult decision, I stared at the wall and thought about it. When a cutscene played I didn’t mash my keyboard in search of the ‘skip’ button. Shaun Prescott: A strange thing happened when I was playing The Witcher 3.